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Amazing Piano Pieces, by Keith Martinson

A very talent musician. Amongst my favourite composers I've discovered recently. Do check out Keith's amazing soulful, hearfelt music.

Brand New First Shots from 2009 Hubble

Check out these 1st hubble shots from 2009

That's the wonder of modern engineering indeed. I love these shots of the Universe. How vast and colourful. So hi resolution too.. .. Spell bounding

The New Apple IPod Nano has VIDEO!

Check out this new apple IPOD nano, It's got video in 2009 sept. Yipeee..

Imagine the fun and conveniece to watch movies on your nano! iPOD's are just growing from strength to strength...

Check out the washington Post about Ipod Nano HERE.

Check on virgo music recording studios.

It's been reported on www.virgostudios.com that
Angela Anne from American Idol has been signed to NWM Records this 2009. Congratulations to Angela and NWM Records.

To hear Angela's work, music by Angela Anne

Some of the Best Recording Studios in the world






Vm Studios, Best Recording studios has an SSL desk and a Pro Tools HD6! system.

Pure Mac, Diagnostics Repair and Maintenance

looking for someone programs to help enhance your mac?

check out some programs at pure mac.

Diagnostics Repair and Maintenance

Remix Hotel, Making a dance track on Logic with SFLogicNinga

Dave Earl, or Sflogicninja, has a 4 part series of videos outlining how to make dance tracks on loggic, You can see him use Ultrabeat and percussion intruments within logic.

How to make dance tracks with logic here!

Who engineered Michael Jackson?

Bruce Swedien, Grammy Awary Winning Engineer, Has just release "In the Studio with Michael Jackon. It's published by Hal Leonard Books. The book is Bruce's own notes and stories about his sessions with Michael Jackson and Famous Producer/Composer Quincy Jones. Sound on Sound featured an intereview with Bruce Swedien about why he wrote this book and the timely manner of it's realease. See the article hear "In the studio with Michael Jackson"

Mac Book Pro Shut Down fixes

If you're having problems with your mac book pro, you can check out cool book.


This program allows you to regulate the CPU and fan speeds to ensure that your MacBook or Mac Air doesn't overheat.

For a more detailed explaination of what to do... check out
http://paulstamatiou.com/putting-an-end-to-macbook-air-core-shutdown

Per Lichtman's list of great native synths

Per Lichtman's list of great Native Synths

I've been researching for awesome synths an f0und this thread in nother sounds. A senior member of the forum, Per Lictman did a test of over 30 different synths.

It's cool and worth checking out.

embracing imperfection

Here's an encouraging email I got about:

Embracing Imperfection

How True and Wise, A story by a girl.

"When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.

On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed!

Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school.

I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologized to my dad for burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he said: 'Baby, I love burned toast.'

Later that night, I went to kiss daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned.

He wrapped me in his arms and said, 'Debbie, your Momma put in a hard day at work today and

she's real tired. And besides-a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!' You know,

Life is full of imperfect things......

and imperfect people.

I'm not the best housekeeper or cook.'

What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults - and choosing to

celebrate each other's differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of GOD. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where burnt toast isn't a deal-breaker! We could extend this to any relationship in fact - as understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!! "

"Don't put the key to your happiness

in someone else's pocket

but into your own."

See through God's eyes and feel through God's heart

And you will appreciate the value of

every soul including yourself.

accept people. it makes you happier.

peace.

Secretsounds of Mixing Engineer Jason Goldstein. Total Mixing ITB

Here's an article on Sound on Sound that features hit mixing engineer, Jason Goldstein who mixed Beyonce's Bday album.


Jason Goldstein, mixes 100% In the box.


a very insightful article. and also shows the trend in the industry to embrace 100% in the box mixing in recording studios. A worthwhile read, do check it out. here.

Great Mixing Techniques in the Recording Studio

Zolis Audio Production

Found this great facility at toronto. Recording Studio looks great

here's some of their samples
http://www.zolisaudio.com/listen.html

their blog is here
http://toronto-recording-studio.blogspot.com/

When you search for Audio Sound design for Media, Go to Groove Quantize

www.groove-quantize.com designs sounds and music arrangement for hi-end media campaigns. Their folio of past works show creative and excitement. Real Stunning. do check them out. They're based in Sydney, Australia. A duo composing team Dave Smith, and Alison Cole.

Redmatic Auto Sampler

I was looking for exs24 samples for Logic and Found this Auto Sampler by Red Matic.

It's a program the automatically samples an instruments and creates a new Exs24 Patch.
Check it out here.
http://www.redmatica.com

http://www.amsterdammastering.com/

Amsterdam Mastering has to be the most inspiring thing I've seen this year.

Please check out the photos on construction.

Mastering rates are good too.


this is cool do check it out.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture

A popular professional at carnegie uni, Randy Pausch gives his final lecture.

See it here. on sept 2007. over 1 hr long

Also a reprise version here. only 28mins

Secrets of Mastering and found the laws of attraction

I typed in "secrets of mastering" in google and found this great site about the laws of attraction. It was a great reminder about what positive thinking and focus can attract like minded people.

Mastering 10 laws of attraction
Regards.
josef horhay
mix engineer

Music Xray Site devoted to doing things differently in music

Music Xray is a site about networking musicians, it offers many ways for people in the music industry to gain a better leverage and make it big. do check it out here. music xray

In trance we trust, in Dance we are free!!!!!!!

"In trance we trust, and in Dance we are free..." - Josef Horhay, www.acoosticzoo.com 21 July 2009

I wanna escape beyond the troubles and gloom. I want to feel lifted into the clouds where melody feels me with Happiness.- believe it. it will set you free.


Thanks.
Mix Engineer
Josef Horhay.

I fear that i'm imperfect. I got 'Atelophobia'!!!

muahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha
that's a by product of being a perfectionist in the studio.

I try to mix everything perfect.

Works my life, and I've grown to fear imperfection as a means to push myself harder to get better results.

Atelophobia

Peace
Josef Horhay
Mix Engineer
Acoosticzoo.com

Music the life blood of Itunes, Ipods, Music Videos, Radio.

Music is a big factor that makes money for

Radio Stations
MP3 players
Radio
TV shows
Advertising Agencies
Microphone Companies
Software Companies eg. protools, waves , apple etc
Churches
Dance Clubs
Rave Parties
Concerts
Instrument Makers

Without music and fans of music, there wouldn't be a need for a mp3 player. We wouldn't have music to enhance our favourite blockbuster movies. We would have music radio stations.

If music can make money for so many companies, why is it that Artist, Musicians, Record Producers etc get so little?

Music is the equivalent of a raw product. It's worth very little, but is the foundation that supports commerce and big multinational companies. Just look how much IPOD makes for apple!!!

Musicians/Artist are like our Farmers. They invest much resources into their crops and get very little back from it. The Giant grocery supermarket chains on the otherhand are exploiting Farmers by dictating lower prices for higher quality.

In the 21 century with the accessibility of recording gear and Digital Audio work stations to the masses, music can be produced for very little cost. You see social music networking sites like myspace, soundclick with MILLIONS of artist all with their own beats and songs produced at home. The competition is greater now then 10 years ago.

The law of economy states that with greater competition comes a reduction in price. So you only have to look at the younger generation download from the internet to realise that Music Recordings can be acquired for ZERO dollars. Their is virtually no way incentive for people to pay for downloads.

Free vs $0.99

Music isn't a career anymore, however, exploiting music to sell other products is a very lucritive way to amass WEALTH. eg. MP3 player, Radio Station, Lawyers, Hi-FI systems, Microphones, Recording Equipment.

Peace
Josef Horhay
mix engineer

Check out seadragon by microsoft.

This is a 2 gigpixel picture of yosemite!

Cheers

Best offers on EBAY vs Buy It Now. TIPS to get a great deal.

Big Tips to save you money on ebay with "Make an offer"

here's the guaranteed proven formula!

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If you lucky, you may get better saving 20%.

also if you make an offer on the last 2 days you could get away with saving a couple more dollars.

Happy Bidding. on www.ebay.com

Casey Jones Australia

Electric Guitarist Casey JOnes, plays Kramer Guitars.

Tony Melendez, Can play an acoustic guitar with his feet.

The amazing Tony Melendez. Inspirational video here. Fst Fwd to 2mins and witness him playing tears in heaven with only his feet... ?!?!? True. True.

Cheers.

Josef Horhay
acoustic guitarist.
Peace.

Folding a Tshirt!

What's the big deal you ask? heh! but you should see this, it's in japanese but i think you can figure it out... cos I didn't. :C

Kickin Technique for Folding.

Thoughts on Reverb

Lexicon Vs quantec vs plugins

THoughs on Reverb is a very interesting article. Please read it if you like.

Room Wars Reverb Results

Here's my scores out of 10 for the blind test on reverbs. I listened to it once through. I did only the first half. since I can't read german. I don't know what they correspond to. Hope someone can shed some light on this one. Would really like to know which is which.

Room Wars - Reverb Shoot Out
1. 6
2. 5
3. 8
4. 7.5
5. 7.2
6. 8.4
7. 7.9
8. 7.8
9. 6.5
10.8.2
11.8.6
12.5.3
13.6.6
14.5.5
15.10
16.8.4
17.8.5
18.7.2
19.9.5
20.5.5
21.4.2
22.7.7
23.8.1
24.8.3
25.8.6
26.8.7
27.8.8
28.8.6

I think this site looks cool. Mixing Engineer

I love the way distressors and chandlers shine in these photos. I like a lot! :)
http://www.micahmixer.com/

Xvid CODECS for windows XP

http://www.xvidmovies.com/faq/#4.3

Archiving Pro Tools Sessions

You Tube Video Audio Geek, Achiving Pro Tools Sesions

Frank Filipetti

Amongst One of the first Engineers to embrace digital, Frank Filipetti credits include no.1 hits by Foreigner's "I want to know what love is". Read more here. Mix Ariticle on Frank Filipetti.

Frank Also won a grammy for Best Engineered Album in 1998, Hourglass by James Taylor using a 1st generation O2R Yamaha Mixer.

Paul Frindle Discussion Sonnox Inflation and Limiter

Here's an interesting thread with Paul Frindle, Designer of Sonnox Inflator and Limiter.

Sonnox Inflator Vs Limiter

Phantom Givers in Australia.

Who are these Phantom Givers?

Imagine being given an envelop filled with money... what would you do with it?

Read more about these mysterious Phantom Givers here.

Thanks to Erik Hawkins for this interesting write up on Loops in Producing Music.

Special top tips from Michael Bradford and Dave Frank's are truly Golden.

A great read on using professional Loops.

Peace

A Jittery Conversation with Bob KatZ and Dan Lavry

Ever wondered what Jitter was all about, the truth revealed here. Jitter, real life examples.

Peace.
Josef Horhay
Producer / Mixer

Mark Lowndes Butterfly Music Video

Local Brisbane Singer, Mark Lowndes Release New Music Video For "Butterfly" single.

Launching of Video at "The Zoo" in The Valley.


On bebo

See Video for Butterfly

Also performing live on 9th of May 2009 will be SPACIFIX, VESSELS & Heroes Envy.

Sonnox EQ. Secrets of Mastering Engineers.

Is Sonnox EQ One of the "best-Kept" secrets of mastering engineers?

Read More here...


Cheers
Josef Horhay.

Triton Controller Ver. 5.13b

Triton Controller Ver. 5.13b

allows for editing moss board too. runs on windows only.

cost 33 pounds sterling.

motu unisyn triton moss

There's a motu program that can control my triton rack, it's called unisyn. Here's how to set up your triton to work with unisyn.

Jai Ho - Created by A R Rahman.

winner of two Oscars, A R Rahman.
for Slumdog Millionaire

Mastering Dance Remix - Utah saints with Drew Carey

Drew Carey Mastering Utah Saints Remix
Mastering with Digital Plugins, UAD, Sonnox

Layering Drum Samples - Future Music

Equal Loudness Curve Test

Test your equal loudness curve here

very interesting to test your own equal loudness curve, you might be very surprised.


equal loudness keyword searches on google.com

Waves H-Comp

Christmas has come early this year. Thanks to the research waves did with emulating SSL, Pultecs, Fairchild etc, they are now able to create a Hybrid "color" compressor that re-creates the harmonic distortions of tubes, transformers etc, The newest addition to the waves plugin range. Do check it out!
H-Comp

Track it down - the best electronic music site

Track it down is an awesome electronic music site.


Do check it out.

I love synth sounds too. just as much as acoustic guitar music.


Peace

Josef Horhay
Producer / Mixer
Acoustic Guitar Music, R&B Hip Hop, Dance.

Gball? heheh April Fools joke by Google.com.au

Here's an april fools joke on google today.

it's called Gball - april fools 2009!


Wasn't fooled nope.

Peace

Josef Horhay

Vocals: Removing Sibilance

Here's an article by EQMag.com on removing Sibilance and Plosives.

It also contains an advertisement on Studio Solutions - With some interesting shots of Logic Studio.

800 to 400 firewire adapters

Universal FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter.
Click here.




As the newest 2009 March, MAC Pros no longer have firewire 400.

The Cheapest Online Apple Reseller Claims to be

Here's the Store, MacToFront.com.au

They claim to be the cheapest best priced in Australia.

What do you think?

On that note, have you seen the latest Mac Pro realease this March 2009?
Two Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors, a total of eight processor cores for the ultimate in power and performance - but the catch here is the price. Oh boy. The minimum you'll have to pay for an 8 core with Nehalem processors will be

• A$ 5,899.00 GST (8 x 2.26GHz and it comes standard with 6GB of memory)
  

I remembered my Mac Pro 8 x 2.8 GHz (previous model) costing only around $3999, that's like a jump of around $1.9k!!!

The next model up is:
A$ 8,649.00 GST (8 x 2.66GHz and it comes standard with 6GB of memory)

Value for money? Do check it out at apple.com

What's the Difference's original sample

Here's a Video where rewriteris - recreates the hit "What's the Difference's" by Dr Dre after finding the original song where the sample came from.

see it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN_aJtH8spw&feature=related

Peace.

The Acoustic Guitar Re-INVENTED & Africa

It's acoustic heaven. Check out this acoustic Guitar

Andy Plays the Harp Guitar. Hear The friend I never met. Live

Sounds amazing & ethereal. Go Andy!

Andy Mckee also does a great version of Africa by Toto. It's amazing and fun to watch. Highly recommended. See it here, Africa cover by Andy McKee

The Harp Guitar Retails for around 3000 USD. For more info do check out this store that has Harp Guitars for sale.

Peace
Josef Horhay
mix engineer.

Passion Covers Steve Curtis Chapman "I will be here"

I will be here by Passion


This by far the best cover I've heard.

The expression is right. Sincere and so good.

Peace

Josef

Missing U, Covered by Michelle Martinez

Missing You cover on YouTube

by Michelle Martinez.

promising vocal talent.





Keep working on your craft.

Peace.

babyporridge on YouTUBE

This is a fun video. A first for YOUtube Duets.

Do check her out.


Entertaining atleast.

Here's the same song covered live by KinnaGrannis







Peace.

Acoustic Album Production for Singer/Songwriters

Acoostic Zoo News.

We cater for Acoustic Album Recording and Production for Acoustic Singer Songwriters. Excelllent sound and service. You can find us in google under Acoostic Zoo. See you soon.



Hi End Recording, with Manley Labs, Amek, Empirical Labs, and ofcourse Cranesong Mastering Convertors. WHAM! get BIG, Get Acoostic Today!

:)


Peace
Josef Horhay
Mix Engineer

Improving Your Song Craft, the Art and Science.

The Intro is key to recognizing your song. Make it Count.

The First Line of the Verse should be Good enough to get them to listen to the rest of the Verse and get into your story.

The Chorus must contain a memorable hook with a central message that is easy to remember but still interesting enough not to get annoying with repeated listens. Repetition is good as it instills familiarity which our ears love. Finding a balance between familiarity and annoying repetitiveness is the key to ensuring repeated listens and a long radio shelf life. Use contrast in your melody, lyrics, rhythmic phrasing to create dynamics and interest. The beat is the foundation and vital to the feel and success of your song. Make it groove with lots of "tap, nod & bounce" factor.

Then 2nd verse continues the rest of the story, it should contain similar structure to the 1st verse to maintain familiarity.

Now the Chorus kicks in for the 2nd time, if you get them to listen this far then the likability of the chorus determine whether this song is a hit or a miss. Now the bridge.

The bridge must a create a lift to the song with a new dimension and feel . It provides contrast and and release from the set frame work of what came before. It's a welcome momentary rest stop before getting back into the Chorus. The end of the bridge should build and grow with intensity creating anticipation for the last Chorus.


Key points to notes is the our brain only remembers only what's important. That usually means the hook, the 1st line of Verse, and the intro of a song.


For more info on songwriting, please check out
www.taxi.com/faq/songwriting

ES2 YOUtube tut

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3


This video tut show hands on how to use the ES2 and which includes router and vector parts of this incredible synth. Video by SFlogicNinja.


Peace
Josef

ES2 Patches for sale/download

ES2 patches
$20

Dancemidisamples ES2 sound set
$8.44 USD

Waves Works Ebay Store Has ES2 Patches for Sale
$20 Aust


Synthation.net has ES2 Patches
$55 Eu
also available here for around $95 AUD

Simpleton Presets for ES2 Patches
Free Download.

Yahoo groups on ES2 contains Patches
Free to Download for members

A bunch of ES2 Patches uploaded by members on Logic Pro Help Forum

For Digital DJ, download remixes of @ Progressive House Releases

For Trance Fans/Producers a dedicated community awaits @ Trance.Nu - The Home of Music
And Finally For all you dance fans, do check out trackitdown.net

Logic Studios ES2 tutorial by SOS

Ever wondered how to get better use of this synth on Logic Studio? Well, this article by Sound on Sound attempts to breakdown the inner workings of ES2 to unlock the sound designer's bug in you. See the tutorial here.

Along with the Side-Chain tips by Tom, I think ES2 can prove very useful when you need to design new Patches.

Peace
Josef Horhay.

Great Tip on Using LOGIC Studios Synths with Side Chaining

Here a tut on Side chain with Logic Synth. by Tom. It comes complete with an audio example.

A great technique to create interest riffs and textures using on free synths on board Logic Studio.

THanks Tom.


Peace
Josef

The Ultimate Acoustic Drum Library

Check out this article from emusician. "The Ultimate Acoustic Drum Library"

Here a breakdown of the Kits reviewed

DISTRIBUTOR	TITLE	FORMATS	DESCRIPTION	PRICE
Big Fish Audio	MIXtended Drums	EXS24/Battery, HALion/LM4	2 CDs	$99.95
Big Fish Audio	Platinum 24 Acoustic Drums	Akai	2 CDs	$99.95
Big Fish Audio	Ross Garfield Drums 1	Akai, Audio, E-mu, Kurzweli Roland, SampleCell	1 CD	$199.95 Akai, E-mu, Kurzweil, Roland, SampleCell; $79.95 Audio
Big Fish Audio	Ross Garfield Drums 2	Akai, Audio, Giga, Kurzweil, SampleCell	1 CD: Akai, Audio, Kurzweil, SampleCell; 2 CDs: Giga	$199.95 Akai, Giga, Kurzweil, SampleCell; $79.95 Audio
EastWest	Pure Drums	Akai, EXS24, Giga	1 CD	$149.95
EastWest	Real Giga Drums	Akai S5000/6000, E-mu, Giga	3 CDs	$199.95
Roland	SRX-01 Dynamic Drum Kits	XV-series synths, RD-700, Fantom, Fantom-S, MC-909	expansion card	$395
Sonic Network	Sonic Implants Drum Series 1	Akai, EXS24, Giga, Kontakt, Kurzweil, SoundFonts	1 CD	$199.95
Studio Cat Software	Purrrfect Drums	Giga, HALion	8 CDs	$249
Sweetwater Sound	Total Stereo Session Drums	Kurzweil	1 CD	$199

This article dates back 2003.

Was sampling our own drum kit at acoostic zoo yesterday and the results were great. We used our own hi-end gear and sampled at 24bit after going through a cranesong HEDD with TAPE Saturation on. After being inspired by how our High Quality it sounded after we made our own Sampler Instrument in Logic Studios EXS24, I went in search for others who had done the same unprocessed high quality of drum samples and found this article. I wanted to find more 24 bit hi definition recordings of great sounding drums.

NI releases Maschine

Maschine looks impressive, it reminds me of a MPC. However, this 21st drum module is truly powerful. It has effects, instrument patches and offcourse drum samples (over 5GB, includes 300!! kits). RRP $669 USD. Do check out the demos, it's interesting.

The beauty is that you can smack those pads for crafting the ultimate groove.

Will keep an eye on this one, we already have all the sounds we could possibly need in our recording studio. However, I wouldn't mind adding this drum machine at a later date - 300 kits with the ease of loading sounds ggrrreeeeat. Will sit patient and see what bugs need to be ironed out before deciding.

Well done NI.

Peace
Josef Horhay.
www.acoosticzoo.com

SAE project Questions.

Brisbane based, SAE are giving out assignments. This was an email I received from a student about record producer/manager. 15mins later.... read on for the answers.

1 – What does your role as a record producer involve?
listening to, experimenting with, and polishing recorded music.

2 – What part does your occupation play in the greater audio industry?
record & mix and produce music ready for mastering.

3 – What is your workload like (do you work full time, long hours etc)?
mostly 12hrs days, 5-6 days a week.

4 – What training or knowledge is required to work in the role of record producer?
People Skills, Positive mindset, Creative Personality, Highly Developed sense of hearing, A strong music background, the ability to meld technical duties with the creative side of music. Determination, Persistence. Being confident and humble at the same time.

5 – Are there any unions or industry organisations that are relevant to your position?
APRA, AMCOS

6 – Are there any opportunities for advancement with your position, and if so what are they?
In regards to Record Production, the Producer contributes to the end product. Record Production takes years to master and the road is long and difficult and not for everyone. It's extremely costly, and doesnt pay well initially (nothing even).

7 – Do you foresee any threats to the industry and in particular your job in the next three years?
The opportunity for success in the music industry has never been easy. In 3 years time, I predict that music will become better and cheaper to produce and purchase. This is just the beginning of a bigger and better evolution of the music industry. The next generation of record producers, mixers and audio engineers have greater excess to high end tools for record production at a fraction of the price. Nevertheless there's no substitute for time spent to gain the required skills and experience.
The threats? Stay current with trends and adapt. Be honest to yourself about your reasons for wanting to be in this industry.

8 – What sort of legal issues do you face in your position as a record producer?
Don't steal and copy/sample things that aren't yours. Be fair and honest and upfront with your intentions. Excersise common sense and you'll be right. You only face legal problems if you steal.

Peace.
Josef

Taxi's Letters - march 2009

I thought this letter from TAXI really hits home the importance of commitment and betterment of once's ability. It can apply to any industry really. To summarise, there's no substitute for time spent to gain experience. It's a day by day exercise which requires money, commitment and determination. For those who didn't get this email. Here it is in it's. (The original author is Michael from Taxi)

Dear Passengers,

As I continue my journey trying to find and better understand the souls of songwriters and artists, I flashed on something I read on our forum not long ago. A member had gone online to say that he had decided not to renew his TAXI membership.

He had no issues with the company. He found that he just didn't have the time required to write better songs, record demos, or do the work required to pitch his music. Fair enough.

As I reflected, I realized how his lack of time for something he was passionate about was very analogous to my lack of time for golf. I used to play about ten rounds a year, now I'm lucky if I find the time to play two.

The difference is that I wasn't playing golf to learn how to earn my income from it. Maybe I'm being presumptuous, but don't most people join TAXI to make money from doing something they love?

Hit songwriters aren't born great. They might be born with some innate talent, but they have to learn and hone their craft over a period of years. Tiger Woods started playing golf when he was just a little tike.

If you were to dedicate five years to becoming a great songwriter, you'd have to work at it for 38.46 hours per week to log ten thousand hours – in other words, it's a full time job. Not surprising is it?

But who has that much time, what with full-time jobs, kids and a multitude of other responsibilities? Then again, if you spent 12.8 hours per week for fifteen years, by Mr. Gladwell's math, you'd likely become great.

That feels achievable.

Let's say that you spend four hours each day on Saturdays and Sundays, then you'd only need to spend less than one hour per day on the other five days per week. Could you watch one less TV show per day?

Yes, if you're passionate about achieving your goal.

As you progress and become more competent, your passion will grow. As your passion grows, the work feels less like work and more like you're doing something you're passionate about.

Do you have any doubt that I could become a great golfer if I went to the driving range every morning for an hour and played a round every Saturday and Sunday. Somebody alert my wife!

I'll bet you've already got five or ten years under your belt. You might be closer than you realize.

But there's a rub! Have you spent those years working on your song craft, or on musicianship? Practicing guitar doesn't count toward songwriting all that much, unless of course you're learning the chords you'll need to write the songs.

Would I golf more often if I could hit 300 yard drives every time I tee'd off? You bet!

Would you write songs more often if the majority of them sounded like potential hits? You know the answer.

Wouldn't we both get better much more quickly if we used a professional coach?

As I think about the gentleman who didn't renew his membership because he couldn't find the time to become great, I'd like to ask him just one question. Why did you quit using your coach when you might have been 8,972 hours into your 10,000 hours?

I'm staring at the crumpled Post-Its on which I scribbled down my thoughts about this early this morning. As I sit alone in the quiet of my office typing those notes into more complete thoughts, I've realized that I only "sell" two things — neither of which I originally intended to sell in this email — opportunity and education.

Want to see what happens to people who read what I write and occasionally buy what I sell? Click here.

Talk to you soon,
Michael

P.S. Make sure to check out all the great new Industry Listings this month. In case you missed the memo, we've got a new Vice President of A&R, Andrea Torchia-Alford. She's kicking butt and taking names.

What type of music do you excel at? Pick the genre you're best at and click the link.

----end of email.

Peace.

Tim Muirhead is responsible for mixing audio for Audio Post. Tittles include the cartoon Bakugan Battle Brawlers".

Wanna get a Great Acoustic Drum Sound?

Check out this great invention from a great company based in US, Arizona. This invention imo will really help you get consistent results in the Recording Studios.

Drum Dial - Your Drums will be properly tuned.

I originally discovered about drum dial from this post. Thanks.

Peace.

Josef.

Keith David, Acedamy Award wining VO

We recorded Paul Davies VO yesterday for a TV series called Capture - to be pitched to Japan. Great Voice Actor. Another Great Vo is Keith David.

Peace.

Acoostic Zoo - Recording Studios Brisbane.

Blame Ringo featured on Channel 7 Sunrise

Today, Bribane Based Band, Blame Ringo (formerly known as "Goodnight Vienna" was featured on Channel 7 Sunrise - Sunday's Edition.22/2/09 The have released the Album entitled "Lucky Number 9". Their were four songs feature on their offical band site, www.blameringo.com :- My Friend, Walking Away/My Girl, Chess Club, Garbie Arch.

Well played instrumentation with a solid song structure. Each track is unique with cleverly orchestrated parts and well crafted arrangments. Beautiful timeless songs. Great find. Well done to another Brisbane based Band.

Some highlights of their sites are flash enriched snail like bubbles floating upwards towards the ceiling, quite fun to watch whilst listen to their tracks.

A very humourous clip on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCG3zMEsYs which is a satire owith them crossing a X-Crossing reminiscent of a very famous shot from a very famous band. do check it out.

Best wishes to Blame Ringo for 2009

Peace

Josef Horhay.
Acoostic Zoo Recording Studios.

Taking the risk, the art of learning from mistakes and failures.

Taking the risk. A clever man once told my brother who then told me that a successful man fails his way to success. If only failure was that easy... Doing badly at things will evoke feelings of disappointment frustration and even anger (ie.a result repressed emotions).

The trick in life is to challenge yourself, and learn from your mistakes. If you risk long enough and stumble fast enough, you eventually get to where you wanted to go. It's true that relentless attempts of experimenting and genuine efforts to improve once's self will ensure that any skill can be greatly improved. Off course situational circumstances, timing an a factor of luck, has a lot to play in your end result.

The ability of risk taking has also been linked to our personality traits. And the behaviour of people are closely related genetics and social factors. Even though you're born with less than others doesn't doom you to a life of unhappiness. There is still a personal choice to take what you have and convert into the best you can be. Disregarding the need to negatively compare yourself with others will reduce insecurities. Learn from people that are better than you. It's a blessing that you recognize talent - as this judgement allows you to create role models that you can learn from.

Risk taking is key to experiencing new things, and be honest with yourself ie. don't fool yourself because you want something sooooo much. Learn learn learn. Be kind to others as one day others may be kind to you.

Peace.
Josef from Acoostic Zoo - Recording Studios Brisbane

The Mixing Process, Secrets and Techniques.

Firstly, our inquisitive nature means that we will discover and learn new things everyday. As long as we keep an open mind and learn from our mistakes, our journey to towards success will be a rewarding one. The biggest skill your must learn in mixing is the art of experimentation. This coupled with clearly documented presets help you build and craft your very own unique sound. Not everyone is blessed with great skills and wealth. However, through persistence and making connections with your relevant community, you can gain excess into a closely connected group of successful musicians. The key here is to be approachable and helpful, let others know that you're willing help them out, and in return will succeed together. This social aspect of mixing is seeing the bigger picture. Even though it doesn't have anything to do with the technical side of mixing, it is extremely vital for the advancement of your mixing career.

Stay tuned, this is only the beginning to secrets of mixing. More to come....

Peace
Acoostic Zoo - Recording Studios Brisbane

Quality or quantity?

Would you rather pay for.

$450 for 1 song?
or $450 for 4 songs?

Please leave comments.

The Power of 4 Chords! Axist of awesome 4

Music Axis of awesome 4 chords. Key E, 1,5,6,4

No One - Alicia Keys
Where is the love - Black eye peas
With or without you
am I not pretty enough
Let it be
Man in the mirror
Waltzing Matilda.
Take on me.
Apologize.
and many more?

all use this chord progression.


Greatness comes from only four chords!
Do check it out, it's killer good
Please leave a comment if you like.

Troll Cave Music: POD Farm supports REAPER...finally

Troll Cave Music: POD Farm supports REAPER...finally

Another Cool Blog related to music and tech. 2009

No Hope - No Fear: I'm back!

No Hope - No Fear: I'm back!

Great sense of rhythm. Music creations from an indepent Home Recording Studio

India in 2009.

the gulf war changed india. But from the ashes rose a new india. Today, India now has 300 million middle class indians. However, 800 million still live in poverty and have very little.

Memory the gift of life.

Without memory we cease to be ourselves.

by the age of 25, our memories are at its peak able to store 200 bits per second. at 27 yr our memory begins the down hill journey, slowly deteriorating till the day we die.

It's also known that our memories are mealable.

Our hypocampi is the part of our brain that stores everything we do, what we see and what we experience.

Our memories forms us.

By recalling the past, our brain uses the past images to help imagine the future. We rely on the past memories to generate new ideas. This applies to music to. The more we memories different tunes, the larger our musical vocabulary becomes. So the key to be creative comes from absorbing lots of styles of music.

My Wife's favourite Loh Mee, Recipe.

After a long days work in the recording studio, I crave for a yummy bowl of Loh Mee!
A crucial step in the recording process.


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Hi-End Mixing, Recording, Voice Over and Collaborations.

http://www.deliciousasianfood.com/2007/07/12/loh-mee/

Creative Talent, Instrumental Producer at http://www.zoozither.com/

ThiS GUY is very creative with instrumentals, and he has lots of music that he's produced. http://www.zoozither.com/

Cool Site on digital processors, signaltonoize.com

Do check out signaltonoize.com. Lots of graphs and analysis on popular plugins such as URS saturation. Great Find. It's amazing how passionate and skillfull rhytminmind is.

Myths about digital EQs - KVR audio

Finally a decent post about Digital EQs. This is a wonderful read. highly recommended. Please check it out at KVR-AUDIO myths about digital eqs.


another related link
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=241023&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45

URS beginnings and mention in Gearslutz

Hey check out this link I found, possible connections to the beginnings of the world famous URS plugin company.

wow!!

I'm buzzed.
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/high-end/15909-unique-recording-studios-r-i-p.html

www.savita.cz really cool vibe recording studio

I was really impressed with the vibe of The Savita Studio

This is the kind of studio that really encourages honesty and expression in music. Great details on construction stages and building of the recording studio.

http://www.savita.cz/index/frameseteng.html














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Hi-End Mixing, Recording, Voice Over and Collaborations.

Express yourself through sounds and rhythms

ask yourself, What's your motivation for musical expression? The answer is important and different for everyone. Use the your motives to guide you when composing. Some common ideals are:

An inner voice that speaks through musical notes.
An itch inside that keep tingling with musical rhythms and ideas.
A yearning to hear music that allows you to reach a heightened musical.
A deep and unresolved emotion that needs exploration and expression in the form of musical pose.
A yearning to be heard, to be appreciated for your ideas.


Thai Green Curry.
chilli basil
green curry paste
coconut milk,
kaffire lime leaves,
Chicken.
Oil.

simple ingredients, though you'd get different taste from different cooks.
So too, many studios have great gear and people and people so talented its unhuman like. Not everything that appears the same is equal.

To be truly creative, you need to experiment, and let yourself experience something new. Let your inner voice guide you.

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Hi-End Mixing, Recording, Voice Over and Collaborations.
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Embrace DA Muzak. (Embrace the Music)

Acoostic Zoo - Recording Studios is about embracing the music. Having a friend that has a great technical foundation in mixing and recording frees time for you to embrace the music. Compose like you've never done before. Your dreams can be achieved. Focus on creating the music you hear inside your head with no limitations.

Imagine a world where you are in charge of a kingdom feeled with limitless ideas. Reach out and place your claim on them. Share from within and turn your musical soul into physical sonic reality.

Remeber to always be true to yourself. Free your mind from prejudice and intelorance. Become one with your needs and strengths. Strengthen your weaknessness. be humble and always learn from your mistakes. Experience the beauty of little things as from little things big things grow.

Education is the key to freedom and many more opportunities. Push yourself to experience, don't stay too much in your comfort zone. If you do the same things, don't expect different results.

X Crazy for DANCE music.

Electronic Dance music is like a drug. Once hooked you'll just want more and more. However, if you try it for the first time, you immeadiately love it or you don't.

Dance music isn't just about repetitive beats and boring melodic ideas... if done properly, it can evoke feelings of heightened awareness as well as freeing your mind. Good music tastes time to develop and many hours of experimentation until it becomes complete and complete. Thousands of hours go into developing a sound in the recording studio. If is this passion for a musical high that keeps listener coming back for more.

What you do isn't important if you don't have a passion for it. If you're struck by boundaries that society imposes that you need to write a peace that explores these emotions. Music takes time and without the hundreds of failures, you can't achieve a true work of art. The analogy is a great painting or drawing is made through many strokes of the pen/brush. When you take away one stroke (hypothetically) the painting/drawing is not complete. So the key to making music and works of art is not to be limited by anything. To create that musical heightened state of mind, you will be prepared to carve a sound, go with a your gut instinct and spend ages experimenting.


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Hi-End Mixing, Recording, Voice Over and Collaborations.
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Recording Studios and Interesting Topics on Gearslutz

Gearsluts Forum Photo diaries of recording studio construction
Here you can find lots of interesting construction pictures off actual professional studios.
A Cappella Studio Construction Thread
This is a recording studio facility located in Evanston, IL. A very thorough log and detailed pictures on the construction process.



Lionshare Recording Studios
This is a recording studio facility has recorded the likes of Rod Stewart, Chicago, Peter Ceterea, Richard Marx. There are links here to the history of this amazing studio, well worth checking out.



Steve's New Recording Studio
I love this post, it's really long though and heaps of great pictures. Great documentation of the construction of steve's recording studios. It's really interesting. Well worth chekcing out.

Post by Blacky about His VOXBOX which also www.acoosticzoo.com uses in Brisbane Australia. The question posses is wether their is a "secret" to great sounds. Maybe you'd like to contribute and give Blacky more tips.




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Good Quotes collected and compiled by Acoosticzoo - Recording Studios Brisbane. www.acoosticzoo.com

You never fail until you give up. And you fail your way to failure. Gordon Kelly, feb 2009

If you do the same things don't expect to get the different results. feb 2009

Sell yourself before you can begin to sell the value of your product. feb 2009

You're welcome to leave your own favourite quotes in the comments and have a nice day.

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Acoostic Zoo BLOGG

The beauty of making recordings is the journey as well as the end result. The joy of crafting audio candy is rewarding. Access to hi quality gear is easier and cheaper than ever before. The net provides a great opportunity for learning and creativity in the acoostic Recording Studios Brisbane Link). Does this mean the end of Large Commercial Studios of 90's? When digital cameras became the norm, commercial photo printing services suffered a drop in profits. The same can be said for the recording studio business. The 70's 80's and 90's was a time of great profit for recording companies. Now in 2009, theirs great profit for companies like Apple (Logic Studio), Waves, SSL, Focusrite, Motu, UAD, URS that make tools for a mixing/recording engineer to use in the recording studio.

The Journey for being a recording engineer seems like a great idea at the begin. The aspirations of working in a recording studios makes it an amazing dream job. Working with stars and celebrities may seem prestigious and a enticing goal to achieve.

The application of audio engineering principles in a recording studios makes for a lifetime of learning and making mistakes. I like to draw the analogy of a great chef with respect to an recording engineer. We instinctively know what taste good. we're not forced to like certain foods. However, it's a career requirement of a chef to balance the flavour so more they grow they clientel. Likewise, the recording/mixing engineer knows what instinctively sounds good. The skills and art is in applying the tools of mixing and recording to replicate the sound in your mind's eye.

Many mixing and recording engineers that work in the worlds best studios (link to record production/video tours of the best world recording studios.) all use basically very similar tools. The different sounds comes mainly from inside the mind of the engineer. Their techniques although well guarded secrets can be revealed through intensive experimentation and documentation of past results. Presets in a DAW are a great way to get a great sound quickly by providing a starting point that's closer to the desired result.

Acoosticzoo - Recording Studios has official updated for 2009

Recording Studios Brisbane
Collaborations and Songwriting. The joy of composition music.
Music can effect our moods and create a emotive sound bed for film and TV. Now music is accessible to be millions from the internet. Sometimes the same four chords are great for writing many excellent songs.


Mix engineer by Josef Horhay.
colloborations and acoustic magic and Fun!
Look forward to having a great 2009.